"As the sun sets" - charcoal,ink and watercolour sketch . Copyright Wilma Simmons The "woodland" creature as a trend in fashion and home decor and bespoke design was (and in many places, still is) very popular. Dashing deer antlers, awesome owls, and then fantastic foxes.... I know I am often behind the times with trends, but I was surprised to hear that foxes have been "in" for well over 3 years! Perhaps a year I thought, but it seems that foxes have been on the rise as a popular design motif for some time. At the well known international Renegade Craft Fairs there were reports of items with "fox" images to be the best sellers as early as 2011 and then followed the predictions... " Trendspotters called it back in February. (2012) More and more, foxes are popping up on the radar as stylish elements in design, outfoxing the omnipresent owl as the It thing in woodland animals. Could foxes be the new owls in hip...
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